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National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment

16 February, 2021

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Friday, July 29, 2011 Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s Chambers Street was closed to traffic for the morning, with the 10am reopening by eleven-year-old Bryony Hare, who took her first steps in the museum, and won a competition organised […]

New study claims Stonehenge was a place of healing

16 February, 2021

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Thursday, September 25, 2008 Archaeologists Timothy Darvill of Bournemouth University and Geoff Wainwright, President of the Society of Antiquaries, claimed to have found evidence that Stonehenge was once a center of healing. In an excavation conducted at the site, a large number of human remains were found that display signs of physical injury or disease. […]

UK Wikinews Shorts: July 8, 2013

16 February, 2021

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A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, July 8, 2013. Retrieved from “https://en.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=UK_Wikinews_Shorts:_July_8,_2013&oldid=1981592”

News briefs:August 16, 2006

16 February, 2021

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The time is 22:00 (UTC) on August 16th, 2006, and this is Audio Wikinews News Briefs. Contents 1 Headlines 1.1 6 Canadian soldiers injured in Afghan attack 1.2 United Airlines Flight 923 makes emergency landing at Logan International Airport 1.3 Fire in Amherstburg, Ontario dies down 1.4 Four Lotto 649 winners share jackpot 1.5 New […]

ISS Expedition 10 returns to Earth

16 February, 2021

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Monday, April 25, 2005 With two space walks, 78 million miles and six months on board the International Space Station under their belts, Commander-Science Officer Leroy Chiao and Flight Engineer Salizhan Sharipov, the station’s 10th crew, landed in Kazakhstan in a Soyuz spacecraft at 6:08 p.m. EDT Sunday. Also returning was European Space Agency Astronaut […]

Zara Kay tells Wikinews about her non-profit organisation Faithless Hijabi

16 February, 2021

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Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discusses her chess career with Wikinews

16 February, 2021

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had previously decided and informed the chess federation she did not wish to play for Iran. […]

Wikinews interviews specialists on China, Iran, Russia support for al-Assad

16 February, 2021

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Monday, September 23, 2013 Over the past week, diplomatic actions have averted — or, at least delayed — military strikes on Syria by the United States. Wikinews sought input from a range of international experts on the situation; and, the tensions caused by Russia’s support for the al-Assad regime despite its apparent use of chemical […]

Andrea Muizelaar on fashion, anorexia, and life after ‘Top Model’

16 February, 2021

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Monday, November 26, 2007 In the 18 months since Andrea Muizelaar was crowned winner of the reality TV series Canada’s Next Top Model, her life has been a complete whirlwind. From working in a dollar store in her hometown of Whitby, Ontario, to modeling haute couture in Toronto, she had reached her dream of becoming […]

Looted, possibly contaminated body parts transplanted into USA, Canadian patients

16 February, 2021

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Monday, March 20, 2006 Fears of contaminated bone and skin grafts are being felt by unsuspecting patients following the revelation that funeral homes may have been looting corpses. Janet Evans of Marion Ohio was told by her surgeon, “The bone grafts you got might have been contaminated”. She reacted with shock, “I was flabbergasted because […]